Swarmio Media Holdings Inc. announced it has integrated the GCash digital wallet system into the Company's Swarmio Pay fintech solution. This integration gives gamers using the Ember platform in the Philippines, launched regionally under the brand name "Globe Gamer Grounds" in partnership with Globe, the option to purchase in-game digital content, products, skins and accessories using the trusted and popular GCash digital wallet. By integrating GCash into Swarmio Pay, subscribers to Globe Gamer Grounds will now be able to purchase digital content and products from the platform's online store using multiple online and alternative payment channels including digital wallet, direct carrier billing (DCB) and direct top-up.

GCash is currently the dominant online and offline payment channel in the Philippines, with an average of 60 million users in 2022, representing 83% of the adult population1. Digital wallets are increasingly important in markets such as APAC, representing 68.5% of regional e-commerce transaction value in 2021, projected to expand to over 72% of transaction value in 20252. Digital wallets are also the preferred payment channel of game publishers, as they are considered more secure than other methods of online payment.

In this way, Swarmio is ensuring its Ember gaming and esports platform maintains a competitive edge in terms of its customers and its current and potential partners. Globe Telecom rolled out Swarmio's proprietary Ember gaming and esports platform to its 85 million customers under the brand name "Globe Gamer Grounds" in April 2022.  Revenues generated from subscriptions and profit from transactions carried out within the Ember platform through its integrated ecommerce and fintech solutions, Swarmio Store and Swarmio Pay, will be subject to a revenue share agreement between Globe Telecom, TM WHOLESALE, and Swarmio.